Photo and obituary for Anton Hettelsater (~1898-1969), "76, of 409 East Meyer boulevard," dying on September 27, 1969, as the "founder, in 1920, and president of the Jones-Hettelsater Construction company."...

Photo and bio of William Vaughan, a grain executive and builder of "Elevator 'A,' the first elevator built and successfully operated in the Missouri valley." Born in Virginia in 1829 and raised in Clay...

Article reports on the 150th anniversary of the Kansas City Board of Trade, celebrated in a gala event at Union Station on November 10, 2006. The author writes that the Board of Trade was founded in 1856...

Northwestern part of early Kansas City from Missouri River south to St. Louis Avenue and from Santa Fe Street east to Bluff Street, showing buildings, streets, and railroad lines. Large numbers on edges...

Northeastern part of early Kansas City from Nicholson Avenue south to Rochester Avenue and from Park Avenue east to Scott Avenue, showing buildings, streets, and railroad lines. Large numbers at edges...

This issue of Kansas History is entitled "Wheat in Kansas" and contains 10 articles concerning the topic of wheat growing in Kansas. Articles include topics as memoirs, important individuals and towns,...